The comments by the President of the United States were intended to calm the fears of the Arab-American community, which had been conveyed to him by representative bodies such as the Arab-American Institute Foundation and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.
Las afirmaciones del Presidente Bush tenían por objeto calmar los temores de la comunidad árabe-musulmana que habían expresado instituciones representativas como la Arab-American Institute Foundation y el American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.